Given name & surname
Pons
“from the bridge”
Pons is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “from the bridge.” Its derivation is not certain.
Original LatinPontius
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “from the bridge.” Its derivation is not certain.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Pons’s family of names
Pons shares a linguistic root with Poncio. In French usage, Pons has a related form in Ponce. In French usage, Pons has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Poncjusz.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pons has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Pons comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Pons
- Pons de Capduelhtroubadour1101–1236
- Pons MaarAmerican actor and puppeteerborn 1951
- Pons of MelgueilFrench abbot1075–1127
- Pons Augustin AlletzFrench agronomist1703–1785
- Pons de MonlaurFrench troubadour
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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